COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - Juanita Avila, a local business owner and mother in Cottage Grove, was detained by ICE on Wednesday. Avila claims the incident was an act of racial profiling.

Footage captured by her daughter, Emely Agustin, shows ICE agents using force to bring Avila to the ground. Avila recounted the experience, expressing confusion and distress at the situation.

"They just grab me they only question they said was where are you from, because I didn't answer, like what, why is that?" said Avila. "I was asking them why they pull me over and they say while I was screaming at them why did you lie to me, you're not officers you're not police because they said they were police, but they just lied and dragged me out for no reason."

Avila has been a resident of Cottage Grove for 12 years

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